Important Current Affairs 4th April 2020 with PDFs

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Current Affairs is the most scoring section in any competitive exams such asIBPS Clerkand it is an important part of your syllabus apart from English, Quantitative Aptitude or Logical Reasoning! It plays a vital role in your final selection as being thorough with this section will give you an added advantage over fellow aspirants. This can only be possible if you stay updated with the latest happenings around the nation and the world for that matter, on a daily basis.

It’s difficult to prepare for the Current Affairs section overnight. You have to keep on reading newspapers, articles, and magazines regularly. As there is no defined syllabus for General Awareness, we bring you the Important General Awareness in PDF form on a daily basis, so that it is easier for you to read the news on the go.

Let’s go through the highlights of 4th April 2020.

Gita Ramjee died from coronavirus

IBM offering its AI platform for free

Domino’s Pizza partnered with ITC

NTPC appoints Dilip Kumar Patel as director HR

IIM-B & ICICI Securities launched a program

To know the important news of 3rd April 2020 along with the highlighted news mentioned above, all Banking, SSC, Railway and Insurance aspirants keep on reading this article on Important Current Affairs 4th April 2020. You can also attempt yesterday’s current affairsquiz.

The delivery infrastructure of Domino’s will be leveraged to help customers order everyday grocery essentials offered by ITC Foods.

A combo pack of Aashirvaad Atta and Spices including chili, coriander and turmeric powder will be available on Domino’s app starting 3 April 2020.

NTPC appoints Dilip Kumar Patel as director HR

NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd) has appointed Dilip Kumar Patel as its Director Human resources.

Patel has been the HR Head in various NTPC projects like NSPCL Bhilai, Sipat, and Tanda for around 12 years.

He was also the Regional Head of HR in the Eastern Region-2 before he was appointed as the Director (HR).

NTPC is headquartered in New Delhi.

IIM-B & ICICI Securities launched a program

ICICI Securities (I-Sec) as a part of its CSR initiative is partnering with IIM Bangalore’s startup hub N S Raghavan Centre of Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL).

It will support startups in the fintech space through a structured program.

The 15-month program is meant for startups working in the fields of insurance, trading, personal finance, banking, wealth advisory, lending, payments, etc.

DST sets up rapid response centre “CAWACH”

Department of Science & Technology has approved setting up of a Centre for Augmenting WAR with COVID-19 Health Crisis (CAWACH).

It has been set up at a total cost of Rs 56 cr to scout, evaluate and support the innovations and start-ups that address COVID-19 challenges.

The Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) has been identified as the Implementing Agency of the CAWACH.

International Mine Awareness Day: 4 April

The United Nations’ International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action is observed on April 4 each year.

This day aims to raise awareness about landmines and progress toward their eradication.

The General Assembly on 8 Dec 2005 declared that each year on 4 April would be officially proclaimed and observed as this day.

The day was first observed on 4 April 2006.

RBI reduced timings of currency markets

In view of the COVID-19 outbreak, RBI has notified a change in market timings.

Beginning April 7, 2020, markets dealing with government securities, call/notice/term money, corporate bonds, foreign currency, Indian Rupee Trades, commercial paper and Certificates of Deposit will be working from 10 AM to 2 PM.

These revised timings will remain in effect till 17th April 2020.

Bihar to screen 1,80,000 people again

Bihar Govt has taken decision to undertake screening of over 1,80,000 people again who had come from outside after 22 March 2020.

The screening started on 4 April 2020 and will be completed in 6 days.

During the first phase of screening, people who had come to Bihar from Maharashtra will be screened.

Then, there will be a screening of those who had come from Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Delhi.

Tamil Nadu topped COVID-19 patients chart

In the country’s COVID-19 patients chart, Tamil Nadu has topped with 411 cases so far.

7 of them have been discharged after cure and the remaining are stable, as said by the State Health Department.

Among all districts in the state, Chennai has the maximum caseload with 81 patients followed by Dindigul district with about half the number.

Official mascots of 19th Asian Games unveiled

The official mascots of the 19th Asian Games were unveiled at a digital launch ceremony in Hangzhou, China on 3 Apr’20.

The 3 robots, which are going to be the mascots for the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games are collectively known as the smart triplets.

The 3 Mascots are Congcong, Lianlian and Chenchen.

The Olympic Council of Asia’s 19th Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou from 10-25 Sept 2022.

FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup postponed

The FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup, which was scheduled to be played in India between 2-21 Nov 2020, has been postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

The new dates for the tournament will be identified later.

The decision was taken by the FIFA-Confederations working group in its first meeting held 3 April 2020.

The working group also postponed FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup.

UNGA adopted a resolution

The United Nations General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution on COVID-19, calling for intensified international cooperation to defeat the pandemic.

Co-sponsored by 188 nations including India, the resolution is titled ‘Global solidarity to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)’.

It is first such document on the global pandemic to be adopted by the world organization.

2 configurations of sanitising equipment ready

DRDO is ready with technologies for sanitising areas of different sizes.

Shilpa Singh, an Engineer by Degree and a Writer by profession is employed as an Academic Content Writer. She has knowledge about Antenna Systems and Radio Wave Propagation. She has qualified the exam of Indian Navy and also appeared for SSB. She appeared for GATE Exam in 2015 and also prepared for several banking Exams.